摄
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(bound form) to take in; to absorb; to assimilate; to capture (video or still images); (literary) to conserve (one's health); (literary) to act for
- HSK 3.0
- Level 5
- Old HSK
- Level 5
- Strokes
- 13
- Radical
- 手 +10
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 攝
- Common rank
- #1,472
- Unicode
- U+6444
Sound it out + =
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
How to remember it
take a photo · Heisig RSH #1973
fingers + 耳 ear + 双 pair
Keyword method from Heisig's Remembering Simplified Hanzi.
Words with 摄
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 中子射线摄影 | neutron radiography | |
| 正电子照射断层摄影 | positrion emission tomography (PET) | |
| 报道摄影师 | photojournalist | |
| 定时摄影 | time-lapse photography | |
| 立体摄像机 | stereoscopic camera; 3D camera | |
| 血管摄影 | angiography | |
| 摄影记者 | photojournalist | |
| 摄入量 | intake (quantity) | |
| 摄影家 | photographer | |
| 摄影机 | (old) camera; movie camera; cine camera | |
| 前置摄像头 | front-facing camera | |
| 摄政王 | regent | |
| 针孔摄影机 | (Tw) miniature, concealable camera with a pinhole-sized lens; pinhole camera | |
| 断层摄影 | computed tomography | |
| 计算摄影 | computational photography | |
| 乳房摄影 | mammography | |
| 微速摄影 | time-lapse photography | |
| 摄影师 | photographer; cinematographer; cameraman | |
| 针孔摄像头 | miniature hidden camera; spy camera | |
| 缩时摄影 | time-lapse photography |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 聂 — compare how they read.